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Good news for European PS Vita owners: Freedom Wars will now get a retail release in Europe, Sony have announced via their PlayStation Blog. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Blog Manager Fred Dutton stated: As many of you are aware, earlier ...

Koei Tecmo have today shared a new trailer for their upcoming Dynasty Warriors x Legend of Zelda crossover game Hyrule Warriors. Highlighting another one of the weapons available in Link's arsenal, this video looks at the 'The Globe' (Ball and Cha...

The "Luigi's Death Stare" animation has managed to work its way into a Mario Kart 8 commercial in Japan, alongside similar dramatic facial expressions of the other playable racers in the game. One can't be certain whether or not this was inten...

Today was Sea Day in Japan which means everyone was out and about having a good time, even the ever popular Pikachu as a giant 9 meter boon bounce Pikachu appeared in Kyoto. While in Kagoshima, the Pokemon company has also announced that a new Pok...

Manga 'Isshuukan Friends. ' to End next April According to the amazon listing, the 7th volume of Isshuukan Friends. will be released on April 22, 2015 and will be the final volume of the series. The manga's anime adaptation aired this Spring from ...

This week's issue of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu is announcing more playable characters for Hyrule Warriors, AKA Zelda Musou. The Wii U hack-and-slasher is throwing in three characters from Nintendo 64 classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time,...

"Moon Animate Make-Up! ," a fan project that used the talents of animators around the 'net to recreate episode 28 of the first season, "Fractious Friends," is now available to view. Over 250 animators participated in the project, contributing at l...

No, I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight anyway. Or the rest of this month, for that matter. Earlier this month in Sichuan, China, the Insect Museum of West China went on an expedition and found the largest dobsonfly of its kind, Xinhua reports.

Nippon Ichi have been teasing a new PlayStation Vita game with clues of "gold" and "beautiful woman". This week's issue of Famitsu reveals the game as Oedo Blacksmith or Great Edo Blacksmith, a title with erotic elements.

Court rules that images similar to Rising Sun flag in manga are not reasons enough to cancel The Seoul Western District Court ruled on Thursday that an exhibition for Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga can be held, despite being cancelled by the War M...

Hidebochi has run an udon shop for 32 years and worked as a "weekend carpenter" for 52 years. But this summer, the 59-year-old undertook a different sort of construction. He decided to make Totoro for his grandchildren who just moved from Vancouve...

Yamaguchi-gumi boss joins Facebook? Shukan Asahi July 25Earlier this year, a number of news outlets covered last year's launch of a Web site for the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest organized crime group.

Earlier today the upcoming new Dragon Ball Z movie was teased on Mezamashi TV in Japan and revealed some of the scenes from the movie. We get to see Goku transforming to a Super Saiyan and Shenron, the God Dragon.

The official site for the Brothers Conflict anime series today announced that two new OVA episodes are now in the works. The Christmas-themed first episode will be released sometime in this year, then the Valentine's day-themed second episode will...

In the first half of the interview, Philip Ninj@ Morzez explained that, after adding the characters for "nin" (from ninja) and "kill" to a Ninja Slayer sketch, "I was blown away, like I had been struck by lightning or I had just heard rock music f...

In the past few days, Japanese cosplayers have flooded Twitter with their own cosplay photos situated next to original pictures of the character(s) they're portraying. This approach is convenient because viewers can see at a glance both the source...

Toonami will begin broadcasting the 2007 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann mecha anime television series on August 16 at 2:00 a. m. ET. This entry was posted on Monday, July 21st, 2014 at 11:44 am and is filed under Anime News, Video & Trailers.

A One Piece theme park will be coming to the middle of Tokyo next spring. It was revealed on the official One Piece site that "One Piece Theme Park" (tentative name) will be opening in Tokyo Tower in the spring of 2015.

Nico-Nico-Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Today is July 22, 2014, in other words, today marks the birthday of Love Live! 's lovable yet self-centered school idol, Nico Yazawa, and her loyal fans have treated her to a very special birthday.

With the summer edition of Wonder Festival 2014 already less than a week away, Aniplex+ has announced the figure which they will put on display in their EC Shop Aniplex+ booth which will be set up during one of Japan's most important figure events...

Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate is coming to current-gen consoles&mdash;as well as PS3 and Vita&mdash;in the west this September, and Koei Tecmo has a fresh English trailer previewing the hack-and-slasher's new characters (like SoulCalibur's Sophitia),...

Fire Emblem: Awakening's Robin will have the first ability in Super Smash Bros. that lets you dish out damage while recovering health, director Masahiro Sakurai says. On Miiverse, Sakurai posted: "Robin's Nosferatu is the first ability in the Sm...

Power Morphicon has released a new press release that reveals that Yuuta Mochizuki, best known for his role as Tyranno Ranger Geki in Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger will appear in this year's Power Morphicon!

Perfume has revealed the full version lyric video for their song "Hold Your Hand". The song is the coupling track to the group's latest single "Cling Cling". The video was created by putting together pictures hands with parts of the song's lyrics ...

Stand by Me Doraemon – Trailers 2 & 3 Two brand new trailers have released for the upcoming film Stand by Me Doraemon, the first 3D CGI and 36th overall film in the Doraemon franchise. Trailer 2 teases more of the film's story and setting whilst t...

'One Week Friends' Manga Gets Final Release Date Posted by Chris Beveridge July 22, 2014 at 05:02 PM Isshukan Friends As seems to happen to a lot of manga series, get an anime adaptation and then figure out your end game.

Energetic modern dancing anime Hanayamata has continued to pander to moe-loving viewers with its barrage of cutesiness, sure to serve as one of the superior choices of the season for those so inclined – though offering little for those actively se...